Men At Arms (Penguin Modern Classics)
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9780141185736
Description:
Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. 'Men at Arms' is the first book in Waugh's brilliant trilogy, 'Swo...
Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. 'Men at Arms' is the first book in Waugh's brilliant trilogy, 'Swo...
Description:
Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. 'Men at Arms' is the first book in Waugh's brilliant trilogy, 'Sword of Honour', which chronicles the fortunes of Guy Crouchback. The second and third volumes, 'Officers and Gentlemen' and 'Unconditional Surrender', are also published in Penguin. 'Sword of Honour' has recently been made into a television drama series, with screenplay by William Boyd.
Author Biography:
Evelyn Waugh was born in 1903 and was educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). In 1945 he published Brideshead Revisited and he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1952 for Men at Arms. Evelyn Waugh died in 1966.
Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. 'Men at Arms' is the first book in Waugh's brilliant trilogy, 'Sword of Honour', which chronicles the fortunes of Guy Crouchback. The second and third volumes, 'Officers and Gentlemen' and 'Unconditional Surrender', are also published in Penguin. 'Sword of Honour' has recently been made into a television drama series, with screenplay by William Boyd.
Author Biography:
Evelyn Waugh was born in 1903 and was educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). In 1945 he published Brideshead Revisited and he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1952 for Men at Arms. Evelyn Waugh died in 1966.
| Autor | Waugh, Evelyn |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2001 |
| Kirjastus | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 256 |
| Pikkus | 198 |
| Laius | 198 |
| Keel | English |
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